Director · Born 1964, Karakoçan
Yüksel Yavuz
A Kurdish-born director in Hamburg who tells of Kurdish families in Germany, undocumented teenagers and his own migration.
- 3
- films in the guide
- 1998–2007
- years
Born in Karakoçan, he emigrated to Germany and lives in Hamburg. His first film April Children, in which his father plays the head of the family, follows the children of a Kurdish family in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg. A Little Bit of Freedom looks at the friendship of two undocumented teenagers. In the documentary Close-Up Kurdistan he sets his own migration beside the Kurdish question on a journey from Hamburg to the Makhmour camp.
- Crossing Europe Film Festival · 2008Close-Up Kurdistan
- Filmfest Hamburg · 1998Aprilkinder / Nisan Çocukları — Dünya prömiyeri
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